Combined hog-trap, operating-table, and loading-chute.



GIT. ALLISON. COMBINED HOG TRAP, OPERATING TABLE, AND LOADING GHUTE.

. APPLICATION FILED JULY 13, 1907. 902,638. 7 Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

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G. ALLISON. COMBINED HOG TRAP, OPERATING TABLE, AND LOADING GHUTE. APPLICATION FILEYD JULY 13,1907.

fi fi fig Patented N013, 1908.

GUY r. ALLISON,

or miss, IOWA.

COMBINED HOG-TRAP, OPERATING-TABLE, AND LOADING-CHUTE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. a, 1908.

Application filed July 13, 1907. Serial No. 383,617.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUY T. ALLISON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Amos, in the county of Story and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Combined Hog-Trap, Operating-Table, and Loading- Qhute, of which the following is a specification.

The ob ject of my invention is to provide a device of the class described, of simple, durable and inex )ensive construction, into which hogs or ot or animals may be driven, and the end-gate at the rear of the trough may be dropped by an operator at the front end thereof, and the animals firmly held by means of stanchions at the front of the trap, which may also be moved by the same operator. I

A further object is to provide a device of this kind having in one side an operating table so arranged that after an animal has entered the trap, it may quickly and easily be drawn by ropes orthe like, against the side of the trap containing the operating table, and then said operating table may be swung outwardly and downwardly so that the operators may have access to the animal thereon, and a further object is to provide improvedmeans for connectingsupports with the front of the trap so that the rearend of the trap may be left open, and the stanchion at the front of the trap may be detached and the device then used as a hog loading chute.

My invention consists in the construction,

' 3 arrangement and combination of the various 1 lower portion of one of the stanehions.

3 shows a side elevation of a part of a wagon, and my improved device parts of the device, whereby theobjects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which i Figure 1 shows'a perspective view of the complete device embodying my invention, 6 part of one side being broken away to show certain details of. eonstruction. Fig. 2 shows an enlarged perspective view of Pig.

supported :uljacent thereto, in position for use as a hog loading chute,'and Fig. 4-shows a side elevation of the device in position for use an operating table.

Referring to the aecdmpanying drawings, l. have usedthe reference numeral H) to'indi cate the platform of the dcvices'npportod by means of a rectangular frame formed of methe tallic channel bars. The channel bar at the front is irgtiicatcd by the numeral 11, and has its open e facing the interior of the trap, and the platform 10 is inserted in said channel bar. The channel bar at the rear is indicated by the numeral 12, and has the platform 10 placedon top of it, and the channel bars at the sides are indicated by the numeral 13, and extend a the platform 10. is a channel bar 14, its sides being connected to the platform 10 and extended upwardly a considerable distance above the top of the trap, and at the to of said sides is an arch connecting the sai sides, the open side of the short distance in front of- At the rear of the device channel bar forming the sides being on the inner side. Sliding mounted in this chan nel bar is a rear end-gate 16, and supported at the top of the arch 15 is a which a rope 18 is passed, an connected by an eye-bolt 19 with said end-gate. This rope is extended to the forward end of the tra so that the rear end-gate may be raised or lowered by an operator at the front of the trap. At the front of the tra is a rectangu lar frame composed of the sii cs 20, the said channel bar 11 and a channel bar 21 at the top. Adjacent to the channel bar 11, is a channel bar 22 slightly spaced apart from ulley 17, over if the channel bar 11, and formed with a series of openings 23 designed to receive pins 24,

and spaced apart from the channel bar 21 at the top is a channel bar 25' having openings 26 in its top. I have provided stanchions for holding the animals within the trap as follows: Each stanchion is preferably made .of a piece of tubularmctaland comprises a lowcrcnd 27 a'curvcd body portion 2S,and the The part 27 is provided straight handle 29.

a slot 3! leading with an opening 3(ihaving from said opening to the adjacent side of the part 27. In thisway the lower ends of the stanchionsmay be detachably pivoted tothe pins 24, Pivote-d to each of the handle portio'ns ZD'is a pawl o cnings 26. in this way the u per ends of tie stanchions may be adjuster relative to each other, and held toward each-other in any position of their adjustmcnt. p

One side of the trap is formed of a seriesof parallel channel bars 33 fixed to one of the channel bars 14 at thorcar, and to one of the channel bars 20 at the front, and their forward ends are extended "a slight distance in frontol' the channel bar 20, A froi'l lngate 2H hinged to the forward ends of the side bars 32 designed to engage the toss l in right channel bars 38 and 39, and the lower channel bar 13. The lower and upper channel bars 37 and 13 extend only as far as the upright 20 at the front, and short extensions of these bars are fixed to the upright 20 to.

project a short distance in front of the up 'right 20. The frame thus formed of the parts 13, 257, 38 and 39 connected by hinges 40 with the rear upright 14 to swing i horizontally outward.

the swmgmg 1 provide for holding gate thus formed in position, by

means of a slide bolt 41 mounted in a suitable support 41 on the upright 20, and designed to enter a keeper 42 on the upright 39. The remainder of this side of the trap is formed of a flat sheet metal table 43 having reinforcing channel bars 414 on its side, and connected by hinges 45 with the lower channel bar 13, said. hinges being designed to permit the table to swing outwardly and downwardly to a horizontal position. This table 43 may be held in position parallel with the side of the trap by means of the slide bolt 46 mounted in a support 46 on the upright 39, and designed to enter a keeper 47 secured to the table 43. The top of the trap is formed of a series of channe bars/18, connected by the straps 419, l

which are hinged to the stationary side of the trap by the hinges 50 so that the top may swing upwardly and outwardly as shown in Fig. 4. I have also provided for adapting the device for use as a hog loading chute as follows: Fixed to the sides of the uprights 2-0 are two loops 5]., and above the upper loop 51 is a pin 52. When in use as a loading chute, the supports 53 are extended upwardly through these 100 s with their upper ends in engagement wit the pins 52, as shown in Fig. 3.

Assuming that the device is intended to be used as a trap for catching and holding hogs for the purpose 'of placing rings in the animals noses, I roceed as follows: The rear end-gate 16 is dlevated, the top and sides are closed, and the gate 34 'at the front is opened, then animals are driven into the trap through the rear end, and as soon as they enter the trap. the operator at the front releases the rope 18 to drop the rear gate, then when the anun als head is projected between the stanchions, the operator gras s the levers and draws them together unti they firmly hold the animals neck. As soon as the operation of ringing the hog is completed, the operator releases the slide bolt 41 and ermits the side to swing outwardly, and he t ien releases the animal from the stanchionnnd permits it to escape through the open side of the trap.

Assuming that it is desired to use the trap as an operating device, then the gate at the front 1S closed, and after the animal enters the trap, the rear gate is closed in the same manner as before desc""ed. Then the oper at'or opens the hin ed top of the trap and passes ropes around the animals body and above and below the table 43 at the side. These ropes are then drawn tight around. the animal, and around the table 43 and tied. Then the operator releases the slide bolt 46 and permits the table to swing d ownwardly to a horizontal position with the animal firmly held thereon, and when in this position, the opera? or may have ready access to the animal for the purpose of performing an operation. If it is desired to use the del vice as a loading chute, the stanchions are detached by first shghtly elevating them,

and then moving their lower ends outwardly so that they disengage-from the pins 24, then said stanchions may be drawnv upwardly and removed. The front end-gate and the rear end-gate are held open, and the supports 53 are connected with the loops 51 as before described, then the device may he placed adja- 7 cent to a wagon, and animals driven into the rear end thereof, and loaded into the wagon.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, therefore, is

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a front channel bar, a solid platform inserted in the channel bar, a rear channel bar having the solid platform fixed on top of it, suitable sides and top, and stanchion bars pivotally connected with the front channel bar.

2. In a device of'the class described, the combination of a front channel bar, a solid platform inserted in the channel bar, a rear channel bar having the solid platform fixed on top of it, suitable sides and top, and'stanchion bars pivotally connected with the front channel bar, a channel bar having upright sides fixed to the rear of the device, a sliding end gate mounted in said channel bar, a pulley above the end-gate, and a 1'0 e assed over the pulley, extended toward tic front of the device, and attached to said end-gate.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a frame, one side of the frame being hinged to swing in a horizontal plane, the said hinged side being provided with an o crating table therein and forming part t iereof, and hinged thereto to swing outwardly and downwardly, a latch for connecting saidhingcd side to the main frame, and a latch for connecting said operating table to the hinged side.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination 9f a frame, pivoted stanchion bar at the front thereof, a hinged front for the frame, a'hinged top for the frame, a vertical' movable end-gate at theirear of the forming part of said hinged side, and llinged Iii thereto, to swing outwardly and down wardly. 4

5. ln. a device of the class described, the combination of a frame comprising a tog] supporting the orward end of the frame in 10 n elevated position.

Des Moines, Iowa, June 10, 1907.

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